Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09

WHILE the QuaQrllle was OelnS pSrIOrmou
in the Wild West Show at London the
other dav. the horse az Buck Taylor, the
noted cowboy, bolted and crushed him
apainstth the cantle of another horses sad
die. Taylor fell to the ground and sus-
tanned a compound fracture OF the thigh,
and was removed to ST. Georges Hospital
"A DISPATCH from Wellington says: 1.-THE
Parliament of New Zealand has been dis
solved, ia consequence OF the defeat OF the
budget presented by Sir julius hogan,
Colonial Treasurer"
NEGOTIATIONS are proceeding between
Germany and Austria regarding the Rus
sian ukase prohibiting aliens holding land
in Russia 1t is probable that concerted
representation will be made to the Russian
Government that the ukase interfenes with
the proprietary rights Of German aud Aus
trian subiectA
Az arraageInent has been concluded with
France for uniform custom duties In Ger
man and French possessions on the Afri-
can slave coast. The duty on gunp0wder
per 100 pounds, English, will be ESD; on
rifles, I'D each; ON spirits, Sd to Cd per gal
lon, according to the alcoholic strength
Beyond these duties notransient orinternal
customs will be levied.
"A PAPAL Eescript has been issued order
ing that high mass and the TIE Deum be
sung in all Catholic churches OF England
in honor OF the queens JuDlIee-
The Canadian Government has made dill
gent inquiry by telegraph into the some
what alarming reports that were being sent
to the papers from Winnipeg and Ottawa
regarding the condition Of affairs at Ba-
touche and other half-breed settlements in
the Northwest Reliable information on
the subject is to the effect that the half
breeds are in poverty and inclined to
grumble, which appears to be the whole
story. .-- ...,.,., 49,.
EARL SPENCER, speaking at Rugby, Eng,
the other evening, said he could not ap-
prove the plan of campaign, bot that it
was somewhat excused by the course the
Government had adopted. The true way
to meet it, hesaid, was to find some remedy
against the eviction of tenants suffering
from unjust rents. Unless that was done
the Government would have serious work
in Ireland the coming winter. fu.
THE cotton mill of the Manure Company
at Roubafx, France, was destroyed. by fire
recently. Loss, 100000
A GREAT fire at Hamburg, Germany, on
the night of the 31st, destroyed docks. YES
sells and other property amounting to mil
lions of marks.
THOMAS SPENCER BAYNE, the noted Brit
ish professor of logic and one Of the edit
ors of the Encyclopedia BRITANNICA, died
recently.
THERE is little doubt but that steamer
with $50 lives was lost in the recent cyclone
near Calcutta.
THEsfu for hearelief of the sufferers
by the Opera Comique fire IN Paris amounts
to 400, 600 francs.
THE yacht race over the Royal Thames
fifty-mile course was won by the Thistle,
which ran the course in. six hours. The
Irex covered the distance in six hours and
twenty-three minutes. Phe Genesta made
the trip in six hours and twenty-five min
utes. E& hi%
A TERRIBLE plague of locusts has visited
the central provinces of Spain Insects
are so thick that gangs OF men have been
sent to clear the railway lines. Crops are
FEARFUL yravaged. p 81 d.
THE German steamer Oder was wrecked
on Socotra Island, in the Indian ocean, on
May 80. The passengers and. most of the
crew were saved. The Oder arrived at
Shanghai April26, from Bremen, and was
probably on her way back when wrecked.
THE breaking of the bikes of the Thesis
river, Austria, recently, resulted in the
submerging of fifty miles of the Alfold
PLAIN near Szegedin. 1t was estimated that
the, damage would reach 100000.
"A PANIC in the cathedral at Chihuahua.
Mexico, recently, caused by the falling OF
a candle resulted in the death, and injury
of number of women and children.
A MERv dispatch says that on May 20the
Afghans murdered fourteen Bokh
Gals at Kerki, on the Amudaria, because
they refused, as alleged, to incite the in
habitants to resist the Russian advance,
and that on the same day a Russian de
tachnent occupied Kerlki without opposi-
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